Micromechanical behavior and glass transition temperature of poly (Methyl Methacrylate)rubber blends

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics

Volumn 43 B, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 947-961

  Mina, M F ^a   Ania, F ^a   Huy, T A ^b   Michler, G H ^b   Calleja, F J Baltá ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Coreshell particle; Creep; Differential scanning calorimetry; Dynamic mechanical analysis; Microhardness; Rubber toughened poly(methyl methacrylate)

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CREEP; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; GLASS TRANSITION; INDENTATION; INJECTION MOLDING; MICROHARDNESS; PROCESS CONTROL; RUBBER;

CORE-SHELL PARTICLES; MICROINDENTATION; RUBBER-TOUGHNED POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

EID: 5744249810     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/MB-200033266     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Béguelin, Ph.; Plummer, C.J.G.; Kausch, H.H. Deformation mechanisms in toughened PMMA. In Polymer Blends and Alloys; Shonaike, O.G., Simon, P.O., Eds.; Marcel Dekker, Inc.: New York, 1999; 549-573.
2. Bucknall, C.B.; Partidge, I.K.; Ward, M.V. Rubber toughening of plastics. J. Mater. Sci. 1984, 19, 2064-2072.
3. Wrotecki, C.; Heim, P.; Gaillard, P. Rubber toughening of poly(methyl methacrylate) 1. Effect of the size and hard layer composition of rubber particles. Polym. Eng. Sci. 1991, 31 (4), 213-217.
4. Schirrer, R.; Fond, C.; Lobbrecht, A. Volume change and light scattering during mechanical damage in polymethylmethacrylate toughened with core-shell rubber particles. J. Mater. Sci. 1996, 31, 6409-6422.
5. Mauzac, O.; Schirrer, R.J. Effect of particle volume fraction on crack-tip crazes in high impact poly(methyl methacrylate). Appl. Polym. Sci. 1989, 38 (12), 2289-2302.
6. Moore, J.D. Electron microscope study of microstructure of some rubber-reinforced polystyrenes. Polymer 1971, 12 (8), 478-486.
7. Donald, A.M.; Kramer, E.J. Craze initiation and growth in high-impact polystyrene. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 1982, 27 (10), 3729-3741.
8. Okamoto, Y.; Miyagi, H.; Uno, T.; Amemiya, Y. Impact toughening mechanisms in rubber-dispersed polymer alloy. Polym. Eng. Sci. 1993, 33 (24), 1606-1610.
9. Plummer, C.J.G.; Béguelin, Ph.; Kausch, H.H. On the influence of particle morphology on microdeformation in rubber modified poly(methyl methacrylate). Polymer 1996, 57(1), 7-10.
10. Laatsch, J.; Kim, G.M.; Michler, G.H.; Arndt, T.; Süfke, T. Investigation of the micromechanical deformation behavior of transparent toughened poly(methylmethacrylate) modified with core-shell particles. Polym. Adv. Technol. 1998, 9 (10-11), 716-720.
11. Mina, M.F.; Ania, F.; Baltaá Calleja, F.J.; Asano, T. Microhardness studies of PMMA/ natural rubber blends. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2004, 91 (1), 205-210.
12. Couchman, P.R. Compositional variation of glass-transition temperatures. 2. Application of thermodynamic theory to compatible polymer blends. Macromolecules 1978, 11, 1156-1161.
13. Schneider, H.A. The Gordon-Taylor equation. Additivity and interaction in compatible polymer blends. Makromol. Chem. 1988, 189 (8), 1941-1955.
14. Baltá Calleja, F.J.; Fakirov, S. Microhardness of Polymers; Cambridge University Press; 2000.
15. Ania, F.; Martinez-Salazar, J.; Baltá Calleja, F.J. Physical ageing and glass transition in amorphous polymers as revealed by microhardness. J. Mater Sci. 1989, 24, 2934-2938.
16. Ryntz, R.A.; Mcnight, A.; Ford, A. The effect of molding conditions on the adhesion of coating to thermoplastic olefins. 54th Annual Technical Conference-Soc. Plast. Eng. 1996, 3, 2707-2711.
17. Desaeger, A.; Verpoest, I. On the use of the micro-indentation test technique to measure the interfacial shear strength of fibre-reinforced polymer composites. Compos. Sci. Technol. 1993, 48, 215-226.
18. Flores, A.; Aurrekoetxea, J.; Gensler, R.; Kausch, H.H.; Baltá Calleja, F.J. Microhardness-structure correlation of iPP/EPR blends: influence of molecular weight and EPR particle content. Coll. Polym. Sci. 1998, 276, 786-793.
19. Cagiao, M.E.; Ania, F.; Baltá Calleja, F.J.; Hirami, M.; Shimomura, T. Structuremicrohardness correlation in blends of nylon 6/Nylon 66 monofilaments. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2000, 77 (3), 636-643.
20. Baltá Calleja, F.J. Microhardness studies of polymers and their transitions. Trends Polym. Sci. 1994, 2 (12), 419-425.
21. Starke, J.U.; Godehardt, R.; Michler, G.H.; Bucknall, C.B. Mechanisms of cavitation over a range of temperatures in rubber-toughened PSAN modified with three-stage core-shell particles. J. Mater. Si. 1997, 32, 1855-1860.
22. Riesen, R.; Schawe, J. The glass transition temperature measured by different TA techniques. Part 2: Determination of glass transition temperatures. User Com. 2003, 18, 1-5.
23. Fakirov, S.; Baltá Calleja, F.J.; Krumova, M. On the relationship between microhardness and glass transition temperature of some amorphous polymers. J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys. 1999, 37(13), 1413-1419.